Magazine fire-arm



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A. BURGESS.

MAGAZINE PIR; ARM.

ATENT Grinch.

ANDREW BURGESS, OF OVEGO, NEW YORK.

MAGAZINE F|RE=ARNL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.357,@59, dated February 8. 1887.

Application filed December 3, 1853. Serial No. 113,436. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW BURGESS, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Owego, in the county of Tiogaand State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine-Guns, of whichthe following is a specitication,reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to breech-loading and magazine guns, and has forits object improved construction and manipulation of breech mechanism,and also to provide a double-barreled magazine-gun to use both ball andshot cartridges.

This invention consists of various modifications of several inventionsshown in my former applications, and other combinations and arrangementsof parts, hereinafter more fully set forth, and illustrated byaccompanying drawings.

Figure l is a longitudinal section, in elevation, of frame with someoperative parts of the left-hand side of the double gun of Fig. 7. Fig.2 is a sectional side elevation of the righthand side of double gun ofFig. 7, showing thervertical magazine under the arm in position to feedup through the carrier, the left` hand longitudinal magazine being shownunder the barrels. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of said magazine on line ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of a modification of thesame. Fig. 5is a sectional side View of a modified magazine in which the feed-pawlsare arranged in its sides. Fig. G is a cross-section of Fig. 5 on linel/y of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan View showing the top of this doublemagazinegun. Fig. 8 is a top View ofthe carrier, showing the opening forthe magazine to feed through.. Fig. 9 is a modification of Fig. 8.

A is the frame of the arm; B, the bolt; C, the carrier; G, anoperating-slide; L, aloeking-brace.

Other letters of reference indicating corresponding parts will be morefully explained hereinafter.

In Fig. 1 I show the rod R extending from its operating-slide G backwardto engage a slot in the brace, so that the said rod may reciprocate in astraight line to open and close the breech. The rod R is also furnishedwith the springs or pawls 1219, which are so arranged as to spring pastthe flanges of the eartridgcs as the rod moves forward and engage theflanges to force the cartridges rearward as the said'rod moves back toopen the breech.

Fig. 2 shows gun mechanism and a niagazine ofthe construction hereinclaimed. The bolt is locked by the brace B', hung in said bolt, andwhich is connected by alink and the bar R to the sliding'guard G, whichserves as an operatinglever, and the carrier is raised in the rearwardmovement of the breech by the projection c' on the rod R coming inContact with-the abutment c on the carrier above its pivot. The triggercan only be pulled to operatc the sear when the breech is closed, and isso formed that a continued pressure or pull on it as the breech isoperated by the sliding guard will bring it in :contact with the sear,and so fire the gun without further effort as often as the breech isbrought into a closed position. I affix an upward-feeding n1agazine,l\I,to the frame or to the carrier, andarrange it to feed up through thecarrier by means of pawls or springs, or both.

As s'hown in Fig. 2, the magazine M is xed to the bot-tom of the frame,and the pawl-rods P and P', carrying the engaging-teeth t' i, arearranged to engage the butts of the cartridges, which are confined bytheir flanges in Vertical grooves i, in a manner well known. The pawlsiof rod I? are attached to the carrier by a pin or hinge, so that eachtime the carn rier rises it raises the cartridges their width upward,and the pawls t" on the rod P (haw ing no vertical movement) hold themin that raised position.

The carrier is split vertically in its front part, and has spring sides,so as to leave an opening therein for the passage of the cartridge, asshown in Figs. 8 and 9, when said sides are sprung apart, but to holdthe can tridge when the sides spring toward each other, so that the topcartridge will be raised by the carrier to a position to feed into thebarrel by the closing-bolt in the ordinary manner.

In Figs. S and 9 I show a spring-lever hung in the side ofthe carricr,toenter the opening and separate the upper cartridge from the others. InFig. 9 said lever is retired from the opening in the carrier by its,short arm striking the inclined abutment A' "fn the frame as the carrieris forced down.

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In Fig. 5 I show a modified magazine, in which the pawls are arranged inthe sides thereof and raise and hold upthe cartridges by engaging theirsidrs instead otiianges, the side rod, I), being operated by the carrierand the pawls 0l' hung in the side of the magazine.

The cartridge-box may be fastened to and move with the carrier, in whichcase the side pawls are preferably used and the fixedpawls attached tothe frame, or one set to prevent the cartridges from falling willsuffice, as the quick impulse of raising the carrier will raise thewhole series of cartridges their width past their respective pawls,which spring in to prevent their return. I arrange a spring-cover toclose this magazine, (it may be arranged to swing laterally', ifpreferred,) as C in Fig. 2. This magazine may be loaded by pressing thecartridges up sidewise one at atime.

Fig. 7' shows an arrangement of my doublebarreled magazine-gun in whichthe left-hand side is the ritle, and its mechanism is operated by therod R, which is attached to the breech, as shown in Fig. 2, to couple itto the sliding guard. The right-side shotgun system is op erated by asimilar rod, R, but extending forward to a lever or slide, as shown inFig. l, and I prefer to use the magazine under the barrel forshotcartridges. In this double magazine-gun it is necessary to operatethe two systems by different actions to prevent the parts frominterfering with each other, and I prefer to operate one side with theright hand from the rear of the breech mechanism and the other with theleft by a grip forward of the frame.

I claiml. A magazine fixed to the bottom of the frame ofagun andprovided with spring-pawls to hold the cartridges therein, incombination with verticallylreciprocating pawls attached to the carrierto raise the cartridges, substantially as specified.

2. In a gun, a magazine arranged beneath the frame and carrier, incombination with a carrier having a vertical opening through which thecartridges feed into the frame, said carrier being provided with aspring to partly close its opening and hold the upper cartridge,substantially as set forth.

3. In a double-barreled magazine-gun, a frame provided with twoindependently-moving breech mechanisms, in combination with a magazineparallel with the barrels arranged to deliver cartridges endwise to feedone barrel and a magazine on or in the frame to de liver cartridgessidewise to feed the other barrel7 substantially as described.

4. In combination, in a magazine gun, a single stock, a pair of barrels,a pair of magazines, a separate and independently-operatedbreech-closing piece for each barrel, and trans- 5. In a double-barreledmagazine-gun, a frame provided with two independently-moving breechmechanisms, in combination with two operating-rods, one extendingforward of the frame to connect with its handle and the other extendingto a connection with a handle rearward, substantially as described.

6. In a breech-loading gun, a reciprocating bolt, a brace hung in theframe to engage shoulders in the bolt, and thereby lock the bolt forwardor move it backward in the frame by a constant bearing on said bolt orshoulders, in combination with a sliding handle below the gun and a rodor link connecting said handle to the movable mechanism of the gun, tounlock, move, and lock the breech by the movement of the sliding handle,substantially asset forth.

7. The combination, with a bolt reciprocating in line with the barrel,of an operatinghandle on the small of the stock, reciprocating obliquelythereto, and connections from the handle to the bolt, by which the boltis made to move backward as the handle moves back and to move forwardwith the forward movement of the handle.

8. In a fire-arm, the combination, with a bolt reciprocating in the lineof the barrel, of atrigger-guard reciprocating obliquely thereto underthe stock,and a rod connecting theguard and bolt, so that the boltpartakes of the reciprocating movement of the guard, substantially asdescribed.

9. The combination7 in a fire-arm, of a bolt reciprocating in line withthe barrel, a handle reciprocating obliquely thereto on the small of thestock, a pivoted draw-rod connecting the handle and bolt, andalocking-brace actuated by said draw-rod to lock and unlock the bolt,substantially as described.

10. The combination, in a fire-arm, of a bolt reciprocating in line withthe barrel, a trig` ger-guard reciprocating obliquely thereto under thesmall of the stock and carrying the trigger with it, a connection fromthe bolt to the guard, by which the bolt is moved back with the guardand pressed forward when the guard is pressed forward, and a firing-scarwhich retains its place inthe frame when the trigger moves back, but maybe engaged by the triggerwhen in forward position, substantially a-sdescribed.

ll. In the frame of a magazine-gun, areciprocating bolt, incombinationwith a carrier hung below the bolt, said carrier having avertical opening, and a magazine below the carrier, so arranged as tofeed the cartridges upward through said opening inthe carrier,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW nURenss.

` Vitnesses:

C. W. BROWN, B'. F. MoRsELL.

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